Published in 1954, John Cowper Powys called this novel, a 'long romance about Odysseus in his extreme old age, hoisting sail once more from Ithaca'.
As usual there is a large cast of human characters but Powys also gives life and speech to...
Rand’s most notable novel asks the question: What happens to the world when the prime movers (inventors and scientists) go on strike? Narrator Scott Brick takes listeners on a journey so extraordinary they’ll hardly notice the book’s length....
Les Rougon-Macquart: histoire naturelle et sociale d'une famille sous le second Empire. XI (1883)
Denise arrive à Paris avec ses deux frères, Jean et Pépé. Un grand magasin Au bonheur des dames s'installe en face de la boutique...
This collection of reflective essays forms a “spiritual autobiography” of AndréGide, a key figure of French letters
André Gide, a literary and intellectual giant of twentieth-century France, mines...